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Reprinted with permission from: Mitchell, T.B. 1960 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 141.
FEMALE-Length 4 mm.; head and thorax
black, abdomen ferruginous basally, becoming
black apically; head only slightly broader than
long; eyes very slightly convergent below;
clypeus broadly convex; labrum very broadly
subtriangular, apical angle obtuse, slightly
reddened apically; mandibles with a distinct,
inner, subapical tooth, reddish-testaeeous, becoming slightly darker at base; antennae black
basally, basal segment of flagellum broader
than long (antennae broken at this point) ;
lateral ocelli very much nearer to each other
than to eyes; face below ocelli shining, punctures deep and distinct, rather fine and well
separated but not sparse, becoming somewhat
more sparse below, but largely obscured by
pale tomentum, supraclypeal area very finely
and rather closely punctate, punctures of clypeus quite close and deep in general, fine basally, becoming slightly more coarse apically;
vertex between eyes and ocelli shining, punctures fine and distinct but rather sparse,
cheeks polished, with but a few obscure, minute punctures above; wings hyaline, with the
usual three submarginal cells, veins and stigma brownish-testaceous; tegulae piceous; legs
piceous basally, becoming somewhat more
brownish on apical tarsal segments; scutum
and scutellum shining, very finely and sparsely punctate, punctures widely separated
even between notaulices and tegulae; pleura
dull, rather finely rugose, but hypoepimeral
area somewhat shining, with a few shallow,
obscure and very fine punctures; dorsal area
of propodeum rather broad, completely and
rather finely rugoso-striate, lateral faces rather finely reticulate, becoming somewhat
smoother along anterior margin, posterior
face relatively smooth but dull; abdominal
terga smooth and shining, basal tergum entirely impunctate, 2nd and 3rd very minutely
and rather closely punctate across basal portion, punctures becoming sparse apically, the
impressed apical margins rather broad, entirely
impunctate, concolorous with remainder of
each disc.
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